A proud fighter for human rights, Bernie Farber is one of Canada’s leading experts on minority and human rights, race relations and antisemitism. He served for seven years as the CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress and for two years as the Executive Director of the Mosaic Institute. He was appointed by the Attorney-General of Ontario to serve on the Hate Crimes Community Working Group and was awarded an Ontario certificate of merit by the Premier of Ontario and the Canadian 125 Medal by the Governor-General of Canada for his work in Race Relations.

He recently received the prestigious Meir Medical Center’s Medal of Honour for his human rights work in Canada and internationally. He is a champion of interethnic cooperation and social justice.